Lindsey Vonn likes her new role for today’s giant slalom — the underdog. After winning gold in the downhill and bronze in the super-G, Vonn doesn’t have much in the way of expectations for the giant slalom. That’s been her worst event, and the only discipline in which she’s never made the podium. “It feels kind of nice to be the underdog!” she wrote on her Facebook page Tuesday. Vonn’s bruised right shin is starting to heal and she said she “felt pretty good” after two runs of giant slalom training. “She skied really well, so we’ll see how it goes,” U.S. women’s coach Jim Tracy said. “There are no expectations right now.” Vonn injured her shin during pre-Olympic training Feb. 2. “I think it still bugs her a little bit, but it’s definitely a little better,” Tracy said.
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